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Consequences of US inaction in Syria are clear - Washington Post Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:56:13 GMT

The Nation

Consequences of US inaction in Syria are clear
Washington Post
IT MIGHT seem as though the horrors of Syria, where more than 60,000 people have died violently in the last 22 months, could not grow worse. Yet steadily, week by week, they do. One measure is the refugee flows: In the past month more than 30,000 ...
Syria President's Wife Pregnant, Lebanese Newspaper SaysNew York Times (blog)
Al-Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Syria blastUSA TODAY
France Warns Extremists Could Prevail In SyriaNPR
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad says his wife is pregnant - Washington Post (blog) Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:53:10 GMT

Syria's Bashar al-Assad says his wife is pregnant
Washington Post (blog)
According to the Jordan-based al-Bawaba news site, a Syrian outlet named Akhbar Shabab Soriya (Syria Youth News) reported in November that she was five months pregnant. If any of this is true, it would suggest that she is due in March. June 2012 would ...


UN official: Conditions in Syria 'appalling' - Newsday Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:47:16 GMT

Newsday

UN official: Conditions in Syria 'appalling'
Newsday
"What can I say, the state of living conditions for people now in Syria across the board are just quite appalling," said John Ging, operations director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at a briefing in Manhattan. "What ...
UN in funding call as Syria conflict ragesAljazeera.com
Syria humanitarian needs growing more acute, UN official stresses ahead of ...UN News Centre
OCHA director calls for scaled-up humanitarian effort in SyriaNzweek
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Syria crisis: Solidarity amid suffering in Homs - BBC News Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:19:46 GMT

BBC News

Syria crisis: Solidarity amid suffering in Homs
BBC News
The city of Homs has seen some of the worst fighting in Syria. More than a third of the estimated 60,000 deaths in the 23-month conflict have happened in the strategically important city of Homs. As the fighting continues, thousands have been forced to ...


Stopping Syria - Jerusalem Post Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:55:46 GMT

New York Times

Stopping Syria
Jerusalem Post
The government's decision Sunday to deploy Iron Dome in Haifa for the first time may or may not be tied to concerns over a chemical weapon attack emanating from Syria. But the dispatching of National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror to Moscow ...
Israel Girds for Attacks as Syria Falls ApartNew York Times
Israel steps up action on Syria weaponsThe Australian
Israel deploys air defence, diplomacy on Syria concernsDAWN.com
Press TV -Saudi Gazette -The Times of Israel
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Inside the war for Syria's mountains - The Guardian Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:24:03 GMT

The Guardian

Inside the war for Syria's mountains
The Guardian
Until two months ago, locals in this corner of north-western Syria had not had to contend with the Jabhat al-Nusra organisation. Like much else about the war now crippling the nearby cities of Idlib and Aleppo, it was out of sight and out of mind, a ...
Syria regime strikes back against outgunned rebelsFRANCE 24
Syria regime attacks rebels at HamaMSN NZ News

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From Golan Heights, Increasing Concern Over Civil War Next Door in Syria - PBS NewsHour Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:32:53 GMT

From Golan Heights, Increasing Concern Over Civil War Next Door in Syria
PBS NewsHour
This cease-fire line between Israel and Syria has been maintained for nearly 40 years by their armies and U.N. troops as well. But with conflict raging inside Syria, Israel is taking no chances. It's now fortifying the security barrier behind me to ...

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Newlyweds fight together on Syria frontline - Aljazeera.com Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:18:00 GMT

Newlyweds fight together on Syria frontline
Aljazeera.com
Aleppo, Syria - Mahmoud al-Halabi was once the driver of a Syrian minister's wife. Nour al-Hassan was a stylish hairdresser. In the early days of the Syrian uprising, their personal rebellions brought them together and have since pushed them both to ...


Syria's opposition coalition makes a case for help - Deutsche Welle Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:42:29 GMT

Deutsche Welle

Syria's opposition coalition makes a case for help
Deutsche Welle
Help pledged at a Friends of Syria conference in Morocco in December has yet to come through, with the UN so far collecting less than 5 percent of the billion dollars in urgent aid it had appealed for. Another major donor conference is scheduled for ...


Obama explains Syria hesitancy - CNN (blog) Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:36:36 GMT

Obama explains Syria hesitancy
CNN (blog)
"Syria's a classic example of where our involvement, we want to make sure that not only does it enhance U.S. security, but also that it is doing right by the people of Syria and neighbors like Israel that are going to be profoundly affected by it," he ...